In an exciting finale to a week of mostly light air sailing, overall class winners were not decided until the last race in all classes today at the ORC Worlds Trieste 2017. And the new World Champions in each class were surprises as well, none having been at the top of the leaderboard all week during the 6-day format of inshore and offshore racing.

Porto San Rocco (Muggia – Trieste), July 7, 2017 – After a long wait for wind on the second to the last day of ORC Worlds Trieste 2017 World Championships for Offshore Sailing, the three classes finally put a sixth race behind them, breaking up the top of the overall rankings for class C. The series concludes tomorrow when discards come into play after one regatta and this year’s champions are established.

Porto San Rocco (Muggia – Trieste), July 5, 2017 – One race for the 116 boats registered for ORC Worlds Trieste 2017, the World Championship for offshore sailing currently underway in the Gulf of Trieste. Another day of light winds never exceeding 8 knots, but enough to create dueling boats from the beginning and bring some interesting changes to the provisional rankings in all three classes.

Another two races for all classes in the ORC Worlds Trieste 2017 in wind-poor conditions but plenty of surprises. Wind never exceeded 8 knots oscillating between 280° and 250° keeping action between the buoys exciting.

ORC Worlds Trieste 2017 began its first regatta today with 116 boats participating. The series of sailing events, which will determine the world champion for offshore sailing, takes place all this week in the gulf of Trieste and Porto San Rocco, the main venue for this year’s activities. More than 1200 sailors have come to Trieste from 18 different nations to participate in this year’s championships.

ORC offers a clever updated program that will certainly be appreciated by tacticians and navigators. You can now customize time allownces by clicking on the Scratch Sheet document in the Results section of www.orcworlds2017.com. By selecting your boat in the left column you will be able to normalize the corrected time allowances and more easily compare them with all the class competitors.

After over a year of preparation, organizers from six regional clubs near Trieste, the Porto San Rocco Marina, and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are pleased that 115 entries from 19 countries have accepted their invitations and come to compete at the ORC Worlds Trieste 2017. This fleet is divided into three classes - 17 entries in Class A and 49 entries each in Classes B and C – with World Champion crowns to be awarded in each class after the conclusion of racing on Saturday 8 July.

B&G, the world’s leading sailing navigation and instrument specialist, is pleased to announce the official partnership with the renowned Orc Worlds Trieste 2017, the World Championship for offshore sailing, taking place from the 30th June to the 8th July.

Cookson 50 Mascalzone Latino has arrived in Porto San Rocco from Genoa (after finishing the Giraglia Regatta last week) via the island of Elba, sometimes going by water, and traveling other bits on land. Starting on Monday, July 3, it will be racing again with Vincenzo Onorato (Trieste native Lorenzo "Rufo" Bressani on board in a tactical role) against 126 other boats at ORC Worlds Trieste 2017, the World Championships for Offshore Sailing.

ORC Worlds Trieste 2017, which will take place starting on June 30 at Porto San Rocco (Muggia) promises to be a great experience for more than just the sailors looking to win the prestigious championship.

At one month before the start of the competition to determine this year's ORC World Champions, the names of the teams admitted to the regatta were officially selected and announced using assessment criteria drafted specifically by the Organizing Committee in agreement with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC).

Ingemar, the Italian leader in design and production of floating marine structures and layout designs for marinas, is the official sponsor of the most important off-shore event of the international sailing calendar: ORC Worlds 2017, taking place in Porto San Rocco (Trieste) from 30 June to 8 July.

On March 23, Yacht Club Porto San Rocco welcomed leaders from ORC, WORLD SAILING, UVAI, FIV and other guests of the Organizing Committee to discuss technical and logistical details in order to ensure the highest level of hospitality and an excellent sailing experience for sailors gathering n Muggia (Trieste) from June 30 to July 8 for what promises to be a record-breaking year for the World Championships.